Card-index device



I 1630,322 May 1927' A. G. WUEST A'RD INDEX DEVICE Filed March 7, 1925 4 K I I L um/7W7": w GEM/27 G. "l/uzsii Patented May 31,1921

ALBERTYG. .WUE'S'J}, oEfMoNrtoE', MICHIGAN, ssiGnoR -ro]riinfwiirs Mauri ani "This invention relatesilto card holders for visible card index devices, orzfor similar; things, such as those lnvolvlng'fiattrays or drawers. in which are provided cards I held inpholders 'which permit. the cards to-"lie down flatwise ,upon each" other, when the trays or. drawers .are inserted in alcabinet,

but which-permit; the cards to be raised; andv folded back away from each: other,.wheni it" is desired to inspect the memoranda on-anyparticular card. I i' Generally stated, the object of the 1nven-.

' tion'is to provide novel and improved means moved without the necessity of removing any for'holding the cards in position, so that the cards can be. easily. manipulated to in.

spect the memoranda thereon, and whereby any card and its holder .can be easily reof the other cards andtheir holders, and

whereby additional cards 'and'their holders can be: inserted .at any: point,- in the tray or drawer without the necessityof removing any.of the other, cardsalreadyin use.

'It is also an object to provide a very: simple a-ndinexpensive construction, so that the cost of manufacture may be materially. reduced,.in the commercial production of visible card index devices of this character.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of constructionjand combinations tending to increaseth general and cardholder's embodyingthe principles. of the invention. r

efficiency. andthe desirability. of visible card indexrdevicesbf this particularrcharacterfs 1 i I 1 Tothese and other useful ends, thein'ven tion consists in-the matters. hereinaftergset forth;- and claimed, and shown inthe ac-- companying drawings, in which,-

, Fig. 1 is, a perspective of a xflat tray or drawer for any ordinary cabinet, the :said tray or drawer being equipped with. cards Fig. 2 is a' transverse section, scale, on line 22 in Fig. 1. V I

Fig. 3 is a face view of-oneof the cards and removable cardholders.

on. a larger Fig. 4 is a perspective of: one end porends of the card holders. 1 I I T The cardholders are.preferably.f.made. .of 'sheetmetal, and-ware each in the form: of'a' tube 'havingqtubular ,end; portions '3 and; a flattened intermediate ormiddle-portion tion of one of holders, showing a1 fragment of the card heldxtherein. -.As -thusj1llustrated,5theiinvention comprises a tray orfdrawer l'of any suitablei.

nally thereof, with guides 2 to receive the known or approvedcharacter,}butprefer-5 ably providedinside thereof, and' longitudi-r u a o I 4:, in which lattenthei'cards 5 are held.

Each card holder-hasa slot" 6 on oneYside" thereof for the insertion ofaca'rdfl Pref:

erably, a'cardis inserted by. insertingzits.

65. i sliding the. card along in the s'lot with the inner edge of the card T-bearing: against the, insidejofthe 'rear edge'f7 .of. th'exmiddle-Jflat.

' portion of the sheet-:inetaP- holders"- Each corner inoneend of the tube, and by then holder can have any suitable jmeans'forlimit-- as by providing ,anointernal dentuor hump 8 in the sheet metal against whichione-end:,

edge of the ,card will bear when the card is fully inserted. In this waythe cards; will be uniformlyfinserted, and their end "edges- 'e'ven when theyare in theltray .or

will be drawer. 1 I

holder, all thatis necessary is to skew the holder around obliquely .to the tray 7 until; its endsareinposition to:pass downward I into the tray'andinto the "plane of the? Y guides -,,2 previously-mentioned. .Th en by tends-exactly "atright anglestolthelength of the trayior cdrawer, the twoycylindrical straightening the holder arounduntil itiexi Fortlie. insertion-ofhanycard and V "80 5 portions 3 .or the holder. will bejibrought into the guides 2, below the. overhangingipor M and12, thus holding the cardxand its-holder,-

in place inthe tray or drawerLWWhen'a -f number} of. cards and holders are. in the tray, a follower of anyJsuitable character;

thereby to .crowd'ithe' card 'holdersjtightly L v tions of these "guides; as shown in Figs; 1

can be placed-against the last car'd'holder,

7b ing this inserting movementof-th car d,'

' together; so that the "front edges-9 of the cards Will be spaced apart a'distanceequal,

or substantially "equal, to the. diameter of the tubular p ortions' 3, when theeardsja're.

Fig, 1 of the drawings. spring follower of the form shown and lying flatwiseuponeach other, as shoWn'in For example, a;

described, can be inserted the grooves 01?;

- guideslQ; and can'be released-by. squeezing the. eardsf,'"'6r to insert new time" n Thus, if anew cardis tobe"ii 1se1;ted at of; the-cardholders" by the sides of the tray 7 some particular place betweenother cards,

all that is necessary isto"renreveithdfoilower"1 and spread the ca-rdsand theirholders apart at: the "point aW-here the 'new fjcartlfli s ito be} inserted, soithatzthe'liolfder er tli'enew' e'arcl ,canbe skewed when it is. inserted, when w the holder' of' the T newr 'e'ard is straightened aroundiat right angles-"tb the length of the tray b'r drawer, al-lgo-fthefeardhelders then be pushed back together as show-n and described. Thus-, it is not neeessaiiy to 1e, xmove other'eards when someparticular eard f j is'r'e-Inove'd', and it" is not necessary w remove V 5 other ardswhen neweards-are inserted: -fl Pr iQIi 4' ofgieaehho'lder' is adapt-= Y frictionally held and cannot} easily be pulled out: Theeylindricalportions S of the hold I Without benumgthe-mds; 1

' ter," but is *merely sh'oWnfTien a simple form for the sake of simplified illustration:

5 which the earclf's and 'th'eir' holders fean'rctate .Iti'will"beunderstood,/o course; thati th'ef former the tray or drawer 1 may-beef any suitable' character, and is merely shown can vention'ally to simplify i illustration: A] so the follower "may beef any suitable" charm-' Of course, the eards and "their holders vbe used onany suitable support. Alsofwhen used in a cabineuit i's'obviousth'at the 'e'abinet (not shown)" may be jahy suitable; 1 kiiowvn or' approved"ehuracterf" f 1 With the flat portion 4 ofthe card holder forhie d" to tightly? and'ifrictionally grip ;the card,'=it would; be diflieultvto insert the erably continued to th'e 'e'xtreine ends v directly 1111 the slot," between the ew 'jawsicf the holder, by ln'otion at "right-angles to the holder! "Therefore;- theslot putthe? i T f holder; so! that-"onecorner portion arrest dthe 5 I card's then": pull'e'd' along uhti l reaches-1' the st ps near the other end er theholder';

in the manner explained is suff cient to hold described,"WhatiI 'ol-ain'l' as; my inventioniisiz it'in the holder, and'a'fter such insertion no denting or other distortion of the holder is necessary inorder to retain the card therein.

' With the stop 8 nearfo'ne end of the curd holder, it'is apparent th'at'the card must be inserted at the other end of the holder..

Furthermore; the holders are uniform; so that the stops 8 arein line, obviously -where by each stop properly positions its allotted.

card on the tray or drawer or other support,

and whereby the side edges of the cards 7 are 7 all in line?fsuch'alinenientis jalso brought abouue-r coursegby the uniform Positioning 7 Without 7"disclaiming ahything; *andw vith out I prej u'el-icefto zanyv'novelty shown and 1.- A visible-"card-indexoard holder com prising a sheet-metal tube havinganslotpn one sidetliereof for the card; 5 and havin aflattened intermediate-portiontd friction an grip the cardgs'leavihgitwc: eylindrical 9o end "portions projecting beyond the edges ofthe card;saidslot-extendingito theout'eri endsfof said endportions, s'oithat tlie'card? may 'b'e inserted at one eorner thereof in the end o]? tlieholder end moved'alonginto? 5' Said flattened 'portion rrvith Means? forming a, stop at on'ewend'of the flattened*portiony to limitsaid."insertrom; preventing. the 'cjzm'clevfrom bei'ug -inserted" through the cylindri cal portion! adjaentsaidfstop;Wsaid 'stop preventing theicar d;fromfbeing pushedintU the jiadjac'enti cylind-rieab portion,"and' posi tioning the eard between the two cylindrical Y bprtionsa-s P I combinationwvith a tray or drawer having gtliclesfto receive said tyl-indrical jendipon" tionsg' said stop positioning the card**prop% erly between ithe sidesl of the trayy these' slott'e'd' eu d" portions'beinflg atlaiptett to card and eard-" holdenl'andv permitting the 5:

adjust-ingofthe card and card holder position at right angles tethe 'length-ef the 7 tray orjdrawer-aftertheefid portionsofthe card holder are-{thus brought; into the plenei of said guides. i 1 j 1 7' A structereqas specifieid in Clair-n l; in combinatiolrwithfasupport 'having meansto'engage said eylin'clricalend portions;seidi stop properly positioning flieficmd on the I support,:. permitting ,thejcardholde'f te' b'e rotated "about the axis f of said cylindrical end p0rti0ns,to ehtmg'ejtheposition Fofthe qard jwithou-t bencling thereof" I I I 4:- A structure as'speeified in claim 1, 111

combinationvwith: a supper-tier hol'difi-L '1'30; t,

2. A structure as specified in claim 1; kiniios plurality of cards and their card holders of lindrical end portions, the stops on thecard 1 the character specified, with the cylindrical holders properly positioning the cards With end portions of the card holders in a com-j their side'edges in line adjacent one side 0; J

free edges are spaced apart a distance sub- March, 1925.

mon plane and'closetogether, sothat when of said support. V the vca rdsrest fiat-Wise upon each other their Specification signed this lse'cond day of j stantially equal to the diameter of said cy- ALBERT y 

